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January 24, 2012 8:50 AM PrintText Costa Concordia searchers find another body

January 24, 2012 8:50 AM PrintText Costa Concordia searchers find another body

January 24, 2012 8:50 AM Print Text Costa Concordia searchers find another body Add Comment Have Your Say Email StorySend to a Friend Share ThisTell Your Friends Tweet ThisTweet This MoreShare It . Del.icio.us Facebook Stumbleupon [...]

Costa Concordia Cruise Tragedy Conjures Titanic Memories

Costa Concordia Cruise Tragedy Conjures Titanic Memories

ORLANDO, Fla. — The first interviews of survivors – and the first impressions of people across the world – of the ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise liner that ran aground and tipped over in Italy are yielding [...]

Lauren Scruggs, Model Who Walked Into Plane Propeller, Has Eye Removed

Lauren Scruggs, Model Who Walked Into Plane Propeller, Has Eye Removed

Lauren Scruggs, the 23-year-old model and fashion editor who walked into a plane’s moving propeller earlier this month, had her left eye removed during surgery on Wednesday. On her CaringBridge website, her family writes of the [...]

Netherlands Coffee Shops: Tourists To Be Banned From Legal Marijuana Cafes

Netherlands Coffee Shops: Tourists To Be Banned From Legal Marijuana Cafes

Last call: If you’re not Dutch, you only have about six weeks to legally get high in some parts of the Netherlands. As of January 1, 2012, a new policy will go into effect, banning all [...]

Airfare Deals All The Time

Airfare Deals All The Time

It used to be all so simple, back when airfares changed so infrequently that airlines actually printed them on their schedules. You’d call your favorite travel agent to find the best deal, pack your bags and [...]

Top 5 non-ocean ‘beach’ destinations

Top 5 non-ocean ‘beach’ destinations

Summer may be coming to a close, but there’s still time to get your beach on, even if you’re nowhere near an ocean. Below are the top 5 “beach” destinations in North America, ocean not required: [...]

Jacmel, Haitian Tourist Town, Rebounding Post-Quake

Jacmel, Haitian Tourist Town, Rebounding Post-Quake

JACMEL, Haiti — One of Haiti’s few tourist destinations is showing signs of making a strong recovery from the damage it suffered in last year’s earthquake. More than 1,400 Haitians holed up in muddy makeshift camps [...]

FAA Shutdown Looms Once Again As Lawmakers See Little Progress

FAA Shutdown Looms Once Again As Lawmakers See Little Progress

WASHINGTON — With the authorization for Federal Aviation Administration funding set to expire in two weeks, House and Senate leadership don’t appear to be any closer to a long-term agreement than they were leading up to [...]